Artifact Recovery

Artifact Recovery is a Level 2 combat mission involving combat against rogue pirates.

Level	2
Type	Encounter
Objective	Retrieve the artifact from the miners who discovered it.
Faction	Rogue Pirates
Best damage to deal	Kin Th
Damage to resist	EM Ex Kin
Ship suggestion	Arbitrator,  Vexor

Mission briefing

I always have work for a good pod pilot. It has recently come to my attention that a small group of nearby pirates stumbled across something rather unusual. While mining for ore, they made a lucky discovery-- they uncovered what appears to be a religious artifact. As you know, such an object is of great importance to all Amarr. There are many Holders who would pay large sums to get their hands on such a find; even better, there are collectors among the royal family who would give large rewards to add such a thing to their private collections. I want you to find these rogue miners and retrieve this artifact from them. Bring it here, and you will be well rewarded.

Amarr and Religious Artifacts

Due in large part to the values and teachings of the Amarr faith, the Amarr have the most extensive libraries, archives, and collections of artifacts pertaining to post-Eden life and, possibly, the EVE gate. One of the heirs of the Ardishapur family, hailed as a paragon of the faith, has amassed what may be the largest array of religious artifacts in a private collection. Some of his pieces are even suspected to pre-date the closure of the EVE gate.

Warp-in

Mission objective item (1x Religious Artifact) will drop from a random Rogue Pirate Grunt (Rogue Miner).
24 April 2023: Container with Artifact dropped from last ship/cruiser for me -- Evon R'al

Hostile NPCs (20-30km) (auto-aggro)

		WD	EWAR	L
	8 x Frigate Rogue Miner (Rogue Pirate Grunt)
	6-8 x Cruiser Rogue Miner (Rogue Pirate)

Mining

Ore Type	# of Asteroids	Ore Quantity	m³ total
Scordite	15	929,811	139,471.65
Veldspar	17	975,122	97,512.20